[swift-corelibs-dev] NSObject's performSelector(inBackground:with:) doesn't feel right in Swift 3

[Shawn Erickson]

It is following the naming methodology of a sentence like structure
"performed selector in background <selector> with <object>". It does read a
little strange but likely comes from a simple remapping of the existing
objective-c name for familiarly reasons.

It could be performInBackground(selector:,with:) ... "Perform in background
<selector> with <object>" but that also reads a little strange.

-Shawn

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 8:40 AM Paul Hudson via swift-corelibs-dev <
swift-corelibs-dev at swift.org> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I just noticed that performSelectorInBackground(_:withObject:) has
> been mapped to performSelector(inBackground:with:) in Swift 3. So:
>
> performSelector(inBackground: #selector(doStuff), with: nil)
>
> This seems confusing to me – the "inBackground" label has little to do
> with the selector that is attached to it. It's possible this has been
> through careful API review and if so I apologize. On the other hand,
> if it's an oversight is there time for it to be looked at again?
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Paul
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